Klarinet Archive - Posting 000360.txt from 2004/09

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Persichetti
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:32:40 -0400

On 21 Sep, Allen Levin <alevin@-----.net> wrote:

> Dan Leeson wrote:
>
> > I remember very well that in 1953 I played my fist piece of band music by
> > Vincent Persichetti. It was the Divertimento for Band and I went crazy
> > for it. Then as I played more and more of his music, I sensed that he
> > was repeating himself, or else that could have been my flaw in failure to
> > recognize a particular style. Now, in the rare cases that I hear his
> > music, I have become more convinced that he was a composer with only one
> > thing to say, and the rest is just a repeat.
>
> Dan,
>
> I think that you are correct. I liked the first Persichetti work I played.
> (In fact, I think that it was the Divertimento for Band.) I've never
> gotten excited about anything I've played or heard since.

So, if all this is true, then the obvious question is: which work by
Persichetti is the 'best' one to hear first?

And, how would we know?-)

Tony
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